Uttarakhand Minister Rekha Arya Case: Nine-Member SIT Formed to Investigate Allegations Against Husband A nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to investigate serious allegations made by Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya against her husband, Girdhari Lal Sahu, also know...
Security Forces Launch Search Operations at Four Locations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch Security forces and police launched search operations at four locations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday, October 16, 2026, as part of stepped-up security measures along the sensitive ...
Delhi Police Serve Notice to CJP Founder Ahead of ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ Protest Delhi Police served a notice on Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on October 16, 2026, barring him from holding a proposed protest at Connaught Place in New Delhi. The action came ahe...
Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Refinery as Zelenskyy Says He Feels Betrayed by Trump Ukraine has carried out a drone strike on a Russian oil refinery, ending a brief pause in attacks on energy-related targets that Kyiv said Russia had failed to respect. The development comes amid grow...
US Reportedly Weighs Using 'Mother of All Bombs' Against Iran The United States is reportedly preparing for the possibility of using its largest non-nuclear bomb against Iran if President Donald Trump decides to resume military operations, according to a CNN rep...
Black Sea Drone Attacks Raise Concerns Over NATO-Russia Escalation and Shipping Safety A series of drone attacks targeting at least seven cargo vessels in the Black Sea has raised concerns about maritime security and the potential expansion of Russia's war against Ukraine. The reported ...
Climate Change Is Reshaping Insurance Risks in India, Raising Questions Over Affordability and Protection India’s insurance sector faces growing challenges as climate change makes extreme weather events more difficult to assess and insure. Floods, cyclones and intense rainfall are changing the risk patter...
Government Raises Export Levy on Petrol, Cuts Duty on Diesel The government has revised export levies on petrol and diesel following its latest fortnightly review, increasing the levy on petrol while reducing it on diesel. The export levy on aviation turbine fu...
Non-Tariff Barriers Biggest Hurdle in India-China Trade, Says Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has identified non-tariff barriers as a major challenge in India-China trade, while expressing hope that the proposed India-US trade agreement will be conclud...
Sensex and Nifty Open Lower as Investors Book Profits After Recent Rally India’s benchmark stock indices, the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50, traded lower during early trading on Friday, October 16, 2026, as investors booked profits following a sharp rally in the previous ses...
Rupee Gains 20 Paise to 94.79 Against US Dollar in Early Trade The Indian rupee strengthened by 20 paise to ₹94.79 against the US dollar in early trading on Friday, October 16, 2026, supported by a softer American currency, lower US Treasury yields and the positi...
Navi Mumbai Police Arrest Two in Alleged ₹15 Crore Investment Fraud Navi Mumbai police have arrested two men in connection with an alleged investment fraud that investigators believe may have affected around 300 investors and involved approximately ₹15 crore over two ...
